Boot and shoe brush and scraper



WM. A. MORRISON, OF MORRISANIA, NEW YORK.

BOOT AND SHOE BRUSH AND SCRALPER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 25,755, dated October 11, 1859.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, WVM. Morrisania, in the county of Vestchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement on a Self- Adjustable Combination Foot Brush and Scraper; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in .which- Figure l is a perspective view; Fig. 2, a transverse section, the same letters in both gures indicating like parts.

represents the screws which work freely through the standards of the scraper D, and screw into the plates which hold the brushes C, C, said brushes being made adjustable by means of the springs B, B, and are also kept in position by means of the lip G, and corresponding grooves in the brush plates H, thereby insuring a perfect self adjustment of the brush to the irregular form of the side of the boot or shoe, and the A. MORRISON, of

object is thereby attained, namely effectually removing' the dirt from both sides of the foot while being drawn through.

I am aware that a stationary foot brush has been used in combination with a scraper, for the purpose of cleaning boots or shoes. I am also aware that a brush has been used made stationary at one end, while the other end is operated by a spring which does not effectually keep the brush against the irregular form of the side of the boot or shoe. I do not therefore claim broadly the adaptation of springs to a foot brush so as to make it self adjustable as here specified; but

I claii The arrangement of the springs B in combination with screws A in such a manner as to throw the brushes C forward, parallel with the scraper D, as and for the purpose specilied.

IVM. A. MORRISON.

E. P. EATON. 

